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Filipino Samal-class battlecruiser, laid down 1925 

     Length, 750 ft x Beam, 91.2 ft x Depth, 26.0 ft 
          26422 tons normal displacement (24131 tons standard) 

     Main battery:       6 x 12.00-inch / 305mm 55-cal (3 x 2; 1 superfiring) 
     Secondary battery: 10 x  6.10-inch / 155mm 52-cal (5 x 2) 
     AA battery:        18 x  3.94-inch / 100mm 52-cal
     Light battery:     16 x  1.57-inch / 40mm
     MG battery:         4 x  0.54-inch / 13.7mm

          Weight of broadside: 7559 lbs 

     8 TT, 21.0" (provision for 24")

     Main belt, 8.0 inches; ends unarmored 
     Torpedo bulkhead, 1.0 inches 
     Armor deck, average 3.0 inches 
     C.T., 5.0 inches 

     Battery armor: 
          Main, 8.0" / secondary, 3.0" 
          AA, 1.0" shields / light guns, 0.5" shields  

     Maximum speed for 145542 shp = 32.00 knots 
          Approximate cruising radius, 15000 nm / 12 kts 

     Typical complement: 1036-1347 


                    Estimated cost, $28.696 million (£7.174 million) 

          Remarks: 

     Relative extent of belt armor, 109 percent of 'typical' coverage. 

     Ship has slow, easy roll; a good, steady gun platform. 

     Ship is roomy, with superior accommodation and working space. 


          Distribution of weights: 
                                                       Percent 
                                                       normal 
                                                    displacement: 

          Armament .........................    863 tons =   3 pct 
          Armor, total .....................   6675 tons =  25 pct 

               Belt                            2039 tons =   8 pct 
               Torpedo bulkhead                 469 tons =   2 pct 
               Deck                            2449 tons =   9 pct 
               C.T.                              96 tons =   0 pct 
               Armament                        1622 tons =   6 pct 

          Machinery ........................   4725 tons =  18 pct 
          Hull and fittings; equipment .....  10665 tons =  40 pct 
          Fuel, ammunition, stores .........   3394 tons =  13 pct 
          Miscellaneous weights ............    100 tons =   0 pct 
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                                              26422 tons = 100 pct 

          Estimated metacentric height, 5.4 ft 

     Displacement summary: 

          Light ship:             23028 tons 
          Standard displacement:  24131 tons 
          Normal service:         26422 tons 
          Full load:              28149 tons 

          Loading submergence 1261 tons/foot 

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     Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability: 

          Relative margin of stability: 1.12 

          Shellfire needed to sink: 25226 lbs = 29.2 x 12.0-inch shells 
               (Approximates weight of penetrating 
               shell hits needed to sink ship, 
               not counting critical hits) 

          Torpedoes needed to sink: 3.2 
               (Approximates number of 'typical' 
               torpedo hits needed to sink ship) 

          Relative steadiness as gun platform, 70 percent 
               (50 percent is 'average') 

          Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.46 

          Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.12 

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     Hull form characteristics: 

          Block coefficient: 0.52 
          Sharpness coefficient: 0.36 
          Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 7.70 
          'Natural speed' for length = 27.4 knots 
          Power going to wave formation 
               at top speed: 53 percent 


     Estimated hull characteristics and strength: 

          Relative underwater volume absorbed by 
               magazines and engineering spaces: 108 percent 

          Relative accommodation and working space: 176 percent 


          Displacement factor: 116 percent 
               (Displacement relative to loading factors) 


          Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 1.00 
               (Structure weight per square 
               foot of hull surface: 162 lbs) 

          Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.19 
               (for 23.0 ft average freeboard; 
               freeboard adjustment +4.6 ft) 

          Relative composite hull strength: 1.02 

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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1] 

750.00 x 91.20 x 26.00; 23.00 -- Dimensions 
0.52 -- Block coefficient 
1925 -- Year laid down 
32.00 / 15000 / 12.00; Oil-fired turbine or equivalent -- Speed / radius / cruise 
100 tons -- Miscellaneous weights 
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6 x 12.00; 3; 1 -- Main battery; turrets; superfiring 
   : 
10 x 6.10; 5 -- Secondary battery; turrets 
   : 
18 x 3.94 -- Tertiary (QF/AA) battery 
  Gun-shields 
   : 
16 x 1.57 -- Fourth (light) battery 
8 / 0 / 24.00 -- TT / submerged / size 
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8.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 1.00; 109 -- Belt armor; relative extent 
3.00 / 5.00 -- Deck / CT 
8.00 / 3.00 / 1.00 / 0.50 -- Battery armor 


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